The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) will hold a Design Public Hearing in Hot Springs to discuss plans for Higdon Ferry Road (Highway 88), according to AHTD officials.

     The meeting will be held Thursday, August 23, 2007, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph ’s Mercy Health Center Building , 300 Werner Street , in Hot Springs .

     Plans call for widening Higdon Ferry Road to five lanes extending from Highway 270 northward to Highway 7 North.  

      The public is invited to visit anytime during the scheduled hours to ask questions and offer comments.  For more information, contact the Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department’s Environmental Division at 501-569-2281.